Permissible venue; personal injury and wrongful death actions, appointment of administrator.
Summary
Permissible venue; personal injury and wrongful death actions; appointment of administrator on behalf of estate of decedent. Provides that in a personal injury or wrongful death action in which an administrator is appointed on behalf of the estate of a decedent, permissible venue shall lie only in a county or city in which venue would have been properly laid if the person for whom such appointment is made had survived. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference and is identical to SB 138.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Feb 2024
Signed into Law
Mar 2024
Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Signed Mar 8, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 19, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 1, 2024
How they voted
39–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Feb 19, 2024
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
10
Committee
6
Mar 8, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 50 (effective 7/1/24)
executive
Feb 25, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB779ER)
lower
Feb 19, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 14, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 2, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Feb 1, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 1, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 19, 2024
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Civil
lower
Jan 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Katrina Callsen
DDemocratic
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